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Agriculture in India - III: Cash Crops

ICSE · Class 10 · Geography

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1. Cotton

  • Cotton is an important fibre crop and the basic raw material for the cotton textile industry.
  • Cotton is a rabi as well as a kharif crop.
  • It needs a mild, cool, dry climate with temperature between 21°C and 27°C.
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2. Jute

  • Jute is the second important fibre crop of India.
  • It is called the golden fibre because of the versatile nature of its colour.
  • It is also known as the Brown Paper Bag of wholesale trade.
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3. Groundnut, Mustard and Soyabean

  • Groundnut is the most important oilseed of India and accounts for about half of the major seeds produced in India.
  • India is the largest producer of groundnut.
  • Groundnut is both a kharif and a rabi crop, but it is grown mainly as a kharif crop.
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4. Sugarcane

  • Sugarcane is a very important cash crop of India.
  • It belongs to the bamboo family of plants and is indigenous to India.
  • It is a kharif crop.

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Cotton is an important fibre cropJute is the second most importantMesta is a substitute for juteOilseeds are important commercial crops grownGroundnut is the most important oilseed

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